BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

We speak the same language, but I need a translation.

1gewehr wrote: ↑Tue Mar 25, 2025 11:11 pm Nope, it's "Vise Grips". You clamp things in a vise. Some folks belong in a cell due their "vice".

Not according to the Oxford English Dictionary!

Can you change the Wrench titles to English Spanner as well please.(unless its a torque wrench ,or monkey wrench. Its Vice grips too)

So in 90% of the respondents, the information is already there next to their name/ region etc. This to most people, is very useful for diagnosing/helping with particular models.

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You have to be careful where you buy them. There are a lot of fake ones for sale. Even large motor parts dealers have been scammed. Look on YT to compare If yours is a FAKE or not. I bought mine from a SAAB service center that I have trusted for years Saab went bust 10 months after I bought one, or...

Another tool i needed was a Micrometer to help with the shim size. After looking this morning i found a Draper Dual Reading Digital External Micrometer on ebay. On ebay i got it for just £47.21 , and the best part is there is an extra 20% off So i brought one and it cost me just £37.77 Edit. Just b...

Decades ago I went to view a Kawasaki ZZR1100. On taking it for a test ride ,approaching left hand curve, the bike refused to turn and headed over the apex and towards the opposite kerb. Head bearings shot and no surprise walked away without buying

Last week late morning, dry and a balmy 7c, a gritter came past my parked car peppering me with salt. If we get any bad weather I'm sure the highways department will say there is a salt shortage

Jaguar had to go with a corporate identity and my 5 nearest dealers have either stopped trading, selling second hand cars, or selling Chinese cars. BMW were always expensive, but are now getting out of reach. Watch out, this green agenda will play into the Chinese hands and next generation electric ...

Doctor T wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2024 2:43 pm People that don't donate will not be named and shamed. Donations are a plus for the daily running but unlike other sites that charge this one is free to everyone.

Humour bypass? Stu liked my comment and he's your boss!

All members on this forum are listed, the subscribers are thanked. I think those who use the site and don't contribute are tight wads and should be named and shamed!

I retired at 58 paying 42 years of National Insurance. To get a full state pension I need to pay another £5900 to make up missing years. People on the dole get NI credits for not contributing anything! To cap it all , today I sat on my RT in the garage and it took me two minutes to drag my leg over ...

Got 2 British Legion Light up Tommy figures which look great in the garden. What I do object to is paying £60000 wages to a Diversity and Inclusion Advisor for this charity!!!

I have the opposite, where the indicators stay on way too long and have to manually turn off.